Dr Vandana Prasad is a community pediatrician and public health expert who has been engaged with the social sector for over two decades. Her main experience and expertise is in the area of malnutrition and child rights. She is National Convenor and technical expert for Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) with which she has been leading a model for community-based-management of malnutrition, titled ‘Action Against Malnutrition (AAM)’. She is also Joint Convenor of People’s Health Movement-India (Jan Swasthya Abhiyan) and a member of the Steering Committee of the Right to Food Campaign, She has served Government of India as Member (Child Health), National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.